Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-08-25
sick down TO Sacramento. Thst Gus
how she came to BIO there"

how she came to DO there"
"Wero the children under her caroe"
mo. ma am; she was all alone, as
told you; but she took them under her
care from the very first They had
their fathers and mothers along-three
OF them had. at least, and the other
two had their mother and nurse girl,
but somehow no one but the young lady
seemed TO be able to do anything with
them. The poor little things were half
starved, you see. and there wasn't any.
thing to amuse 'em in the dark car,
and one of them. who was sickly. fret
ted all day. and most all night, and the
mother didn't seem to have no faculty
or no backbone about her; but when
ever the young lady came round. that
sick young one and all the rest would
stop crying and seem just as clipper
rs il it were Summertime outdoors and
the whole train full of candy.
Il don't see how she did it," he went
on, meditatively, thowing a shovelful
of coal in at the furnace door. Some
women is made that way. l suppose.
As soon rs we see how things were 60
ing, and how bad they was likely to be.
that girl kind of set herself to keep
along. She had mighty gentle way
to keep along with her, too. You'd
never have guessed that she was SO
plucky. Plucky! BY George. l never
saw anything like her pluck"
WAS she pretty?' asked Miss
Vaughn, urged by truly feminine Curl
ositv.
well, I don't know If you'd a
called her so or not. We don't think
much how she looked after the first
She was slenderbuilt girl. and her
face looked sort of kind and bright
both 10 me. Her voice was as soft
well, rs soft as a voice can be. and it
kind of sang when she felt happy. She
looked you straight in the eye when
she spoke. don't believe the worst
man that ever lived could have told
that girl a lie if it had been to save his
life. Her hair was brown. She was
different from girls in general, some
how"
Il think we may say that she was
pretty" observed Miss Vaughn. with
little smile.
ii amt so sure of that There's
plenty of ladies come over the road
since that | suppose folks would say
was better looking than she was. But
| never see any face quite like hers.
1t was still, Ike lake, and you seem
ed to feel as if there was depth TO it.
And the further you went down, the
sweeter it got, She never did any
rustling when she walked She wasn't
that kind.
Another pause. which Miss Vaughn
was careful not to break.
II don't know what them children
would a done without her." went on
the engineer. as # talking to himself.
Then. with sldden energy, Il don't
know what any of us would n done
without her. The only trouble was
that she couldn't be everywhere at
once. There was sick lady in th
drawing-room Mt the end of one of the
Pullmaus. She hat week lungs. and
was going out to California for her
health. Well, the cold and the snow
brought on hemorrhagc. That was
the second day after we was blockaded.
There wasn't no doctor on board, and
her husband he was mighty scared.
He come through TO the front car to
find the conductor, looking as pale as
ghost. Ny wife a.dying' said he.
Amt there no medical man on the
tran?' And when he said no, he just
gave grOan. Then she must de-,
he said. Great heavens. why did !
bring her on tn fatal Journey?
Perhaps the young lady'll have
some remedies suggested one Of the
portcrs; for wo'd all got into tho way
already OF turning to the young lady
whenever things were wrong.
well, went for her and you new
er see anyone SO level headed as she
seemed to be. She knew just what to
do; and she had the right medicine in
her bag; and IN less than an hour that
poor lady was quite comfortable. and
! her husband the most relieved man
that ever was. Then the Young lady
came along where was standing-thcre
wasn't nothing for me to do. but was
waiting. for ! d dnt know but there
might be and sad She Mr. Scott am
| growing anxious about the fuel. Do
you think there is plenty 10 last Sup
pose We were to be kept here week p
Now just think of it not one of us
dumb fools had thought OF that. You
see we was expecting to be relieved
from hour to hour, for we had tclc
graphed both ways. and the snow had
stopped by that time. aud mono of us
had any notion it was going to be the
job it was TO dig us out. Only the
young lady had the sense to remember
| thdL IL III III ldhe lOu1Cl IMAM We was
calculated on.
Says ]. If we were kept here a
week. there won't be shovel of coal
left for any Of the fires. let alone the
engine.
Then don't you think says she,
in her soft voice, that it would be a
wise plan to get all the passengers to-
gether in one car, and keep good fire
up there, and let the other stoves go
out? It's no matter if we are little
crowded, says she.
We'll, of course it was the only
thing TO do, as VIC see ut once when it
was put into our heads. We took the
car The sick lady was in, SOS she'd not
have 10 be disturbed. and we made up
beds for the children. and somehow all
the passengers managed to pack in.
train hands and all 1t was tight
squeeze, but that didn't matter so much.
because the weather was so awfully
cold.